Published: Friday, August 8, 2014 at 2:31 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, August 8, 2014 at 2:31 p.m.

Four men and a woman face multiple drug charges after law enforcement officials executed five search warrants and confiscated drugs, guns, vehicles, cash and other items.

Shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, drug agents, with assistance from the Marion County Sheriff's Office and Ocala Police Department SWAT teams, simultaneously went to 13785 SW 42nd Court Road; 14310 SW 39th Court Road; 1240 SE County Road 484, Apt. E1; 1240 SE CR 484, Apt. E2; and 2713 SW 15th St., and arrested the five people. Agents said drugs were being sold from each of the residences.

Those arrested were:

Derrick Price, 43, charged with two counts of trafficking in oxycodone, sale and possession of cocaine, armed trafficking in cocaine, armed trafficking in oxycodone, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Eddie Perez, 36, charged with two counts of each of sale and possession of oxycodone, possession of cocaine, possession of hydrocodone, possession of a anabolic steroids and unlawful possession of a legend drug.

K.C. Starks, 42, charged with three counts each of sale and possession of cocaine, trafficking in oxycodone, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Marcus Starks, 35, the brother of K.C. Starks, charged with trafficking in oxycodone and possession of cocaine.

Nicole Radank, charged with trafficking and sale of oxycodone, possession of oxycodone, sale and possession of cocaine, armed trafficking in oxycodone, possession of cocaine, possession of alprazolam, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm with altered serial number and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Price, Perez and the Starks brothers are from Marion Oaks; Radank is from Ocala, officials said.

Mary Pressley, 23, of Ocala, who was at one of the locations when agents arrived, was charged with possession of cocaine and trafficking oxycodone. Agents said Pressley's name never came up during their investigation and that she was not implicated in the drug operation.

“This is a textbook example of identifying, targeting and ultimately dismantling a mid-level drug trafficking organization,” said Capt. Eric Rawls of the MCSO, the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team (UDEST) director and initiative commander.

UDEST, which is an initiative of the North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and is made up of OPD officers and Marion County sheriff's deputies, conducted the investigation.

Three months ago, UDEST agents had received information that there was an alleged drug organization in Marion Oaks that was distributing cocaine and pharmaceutical drugs in Marion and surrounding counties.

Price was identified as the leader and as the person who had the supply source. Agents said he would give Perez, the Starks brothers and Radank drugs to sell.

After identifying the organization, drug purchases were made by agents and they requested the search warrants.

Authorities said as they were approaching Price's residence at 13785 SW 42nd Court Road, he saw them on a surveillance video system and left the property. They quickly found him and arrested him.

Price told officials that he lost his job due to health problems and that he used proceeds from the drug sales to pay his bills.

Among the items removed from the five homes were 147 grams of cocaine valued at $7,000; 815 pills, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, worth $21,000; 10 grams of marijuana valued at $100; $39,340 in cash; various pieces of drug paraphernalia; one assault weapon and 10 handguns.

<p>Four men and a woman face multiple drug charges after law enforcement officials executed five search warrants and confiscated drugs, guns, vehicles, cash and other items.</p><p>Shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, drug agents, with assistance from the Marion County Sheriff's Office and Ocala Police Department SWAT teams, simultaneously went to 13785 SW 42nd Court Road; 14310 SW 39th Court Road; 1240 SE County Road 484, Apt. E1; 1240 SE CR 484, Apt. E2; and 2713 SW 15th St., and arrested the five people. Agents said drugs were being sold from each of the residences.</p><p>Those arrested were:</p><p>Derrick Price, 43, charged with two counts of trafficking in oxycodone, sale and possession of cocaine, armed trafficking in cocaine, armed trafficking in oxycodone, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.</p><p>Eddie Perez, 36, charged with two counts of each of sale and possession of oxycodone, possession of cocaine, possession of hydrocodone, possession of a anabolic steroids and unlawful possession of a legend drug.</p><p>K.C. Starks, 42, charged with three counts each of sale and possession of cocaine, trafficking in oxycodone, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.</p><p>Marcus Starks, 35, the brother of K.C. Starks, charged with trafficking in oxycodone and possession of cocaine.</p><p>Nicole Radank, charged with trafficking and sale of oxycodone, possession of oxycodone, sale and possession of cocaine, armed trafficking in oxycodone, possession of cocaine, possession of alprazolam, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm with altered serial number and possession of drug paraphernalia.</p><p>Price, Perez and the Starks brothers are from Marion Oaks; Radank is from Ocala, officials said.</p><p>Mary Pressley, 23, of Ocala, who was at one of the locations when agents arrived, was charged with possession of cocaine and trafficking oxycodone. Agents said Pressley's name never came up during their investigation and that she was not implicated in the drug operation.</p><p>“This is a textbook example of identifying, targeting and ultimately dismantling a mid-level drug trafficking organization,” said Capt. Eric Rawls of the MCSO, the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team (UDEST) director and initiative commander.</p><p>UDEST, which is an initiative of the North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and is made up of OPD officers and Marion County sheriff's deputies, conducted the investigation.</p><p>Three months ago, UDEST agents had received information that there was an alleged drug organization in Marion Oaks that was distributing cocaine and pharmaceutical drugs in Marion and surrounding counties.</p><p>Price was identified as the leader and as the person who had the supply source. Agents said he would give Perez, the Starks brothers and Radank drugs to sell.</p><p>After identifying the organization, drug purchases were made by agents and they requested the search warrants.</p><p>Authorities said as they were approaching Price's residence at 13785 SW 42nd Court Road, he saw them on a surveillance video system and left the property. They quickly found him and arrested him.</p><p>Price told officials that he lost his job due to health problems and that he used proceeds from the drug sales to pay his bills.</p><p>Among the items removed from the five homes were 147 grams of cocaine valued at $7,000; 815 pills, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, worth $21,000; 10 grams of marijuana valued at $100; $39,340 in cash; various pieces of drug paraphernalia; one assault weapon and 10 handguns.</p><p><i>Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118 or austin.miller@starbanner.com.</i></p>